World News Insights
1-3 Minute Gist
Search, personalize, or simply browse. Follow the world around you from gist and context to insights.
Who we are | Our Credo | Ways of using Lyrarc | FAQ | Send Feedback | First Letter From the Editor
Sign up. It's free and easy to use
Create an account
to personalize your feed of articles and topics.
All Topics Article
In China, Families Bet It All on a Child in College
Keywords:
Tags:
Keith Bradsher describes the life of one family of migrant workers in China struggling to get their ony daughter through college. Wu Yiebing is a worker in coal mining and his wife Cao works on farms nearby. He has managed to send his daughter Wu Caoying to college. She is a sophomore in college but fears for the future because of the lack of opportunities for new college graduates in China. She also feels the heavy burden as the parents spend half their income to get her through college and have no retirement savings. This is typical of many migrant families in China who see education as the only way for the next generation to have better lives than their parents.
The cost of college education for migrant workers in China as one generation strives for better lives for the next
02/03/2009
Keith Bradsher describes the life of one family of migrant workers in China. The dad is a worker in coal mining, the mother works in farms nearby. The daughter has made it to sophomore in college but lacks optimism for the future because of the lack of jobs in China for new college graduates. The parents see the daughter as someone who would care for them in their old age as they hardly have any retirement savings.
Grouped Articles
Strains Show in China's Job Market
Wall Street Journal 06/11/2013
Peterson and Hanushek: The Vital Link of Education and Prosperity
Wall Street Journal 09/11/2013
College Tuition Increases Slow, but Government Aid Falls
Wall Street Journal 10/23/2013
New York Times 10/22/2013
A Dearth of Work for China's College Grads
BusinessWeek 09/01/2010
Left-Behind Children of China's Migrant Workers Bear Grown-Up Burdens
Wall Street Journal 01/17/2014
Illegal immigrants from Latin America as complement workers who assist skilled workers in construction work
02/12/2013
Adam Davidson provide insights into how illegal immigrants complement silled workers on construction jobs, reducing the overall cost of the job and contributing to the U.S. economy. Acting as complement workers immigrants do not take jobs away from ordinary Americans.
Grouped Articles
Undocumented Immigrant Population Levels Off in U.S.
Wall Street Journal 11/19/2014
Do Illegal Immigrants Actually Hurt the U.S. Economy?
New York Times 02/12/2013
In China, Families Bet It All on a Child in College
New York Times 02/16/2013
The Economist 08/25/2016
Opinion | Jeff Flake: We Need Immigrants With Skills. But Working Hard Is a Skill.
The New York Times 08/18/2017
Urbanization and China's problems in 2010- 2015 with migrant workers, the "hukou" system and the need for agricultural land
02/03/2009
Grouped Articles
Beijing Puzzles Over Urban Growth
Wall Street Journal 05/09/2013
China’s Vision for a ‘New’ Urbanization
Wall Street Journal 05/09/2013
Wall Street Journal 09/26/2011
Chinaâs Great Uprooting: Moving 250 Million Into Cities
New York Times 06/15/2013
The Demanding Off-Hour Escapes of Chinaâs High-Tech Workers
New York Times 07/16/2013
China's Gleaming Ghost Cities Draw Neither Jobs Nor People
Wall Street Journal 08/08/2013
Li Keqiang and the urbanization process in China
02/03/2009
Rapid urbanization from 10% in 1949 to over 50% today and the challenges today of integrating migrant workers in urban areas. Li Keqiang, the new premier focussed on urbanization in his research and papers.
Grouped Articles
Beijing Puzzles Over Urban Growth
Wall Street Journal 05/09/2013
China’s Vision for a ‘New’ Urbanization
Wall Street Journal 05/09/2013
Wall Street Journal 09/26/2011
Chinaâs Great Uprooting: Moving 250 Million Into Cities
New York Times 06/15/2013
The Demanding Off-Hour Escapes of Chinaâs High-Tech Workers
New York Times 07/16/2013
China's Gleaming Ghost Cities Draw Neither Jobs Nor People
Wall Street Journal 08/08/2013
China's migrant workers.
01/05/2008
The situation for migrant workers before and after the crisis, and after stimulus efforts.
Grouped Articles
China: A Billion Strong but Short on Workers
Wall Street Journal 05/02/2013
China Factories Try Karaoke, Speed Dating to Keep Workers
Wall Street Journal 05/03/2013
The Demanding Off-Hour Escapes of Chinaâs High-Tech Workers
New York Times 07/16/2013
Why Apple and Others Are Nervous About Foxconn
BusinessWeek 06/03/2010
Wall Street Journal 05/29/2010
In China, Unlikely Labor Leader Just Wanted a Middle-Class Life
New York Times 06/13/2010
Migrant workers in the U.S.
02/03/2009
Grouped Articles
China's Migrants See Jobless Ranks Soar
Wall Street Journal 02/03/2009
Aware of Its Dependence, Napa Takes Care of Migrant Workers
New York Times 05/26/2011
In China, Families Bet It All on a Child in College
New York Times 02/16/2013
Washington Post 07/04/2018
China's future and the experience of Japan and Mexico
05/29/2010
China devotes 3% of GDP to education compared to 5% in developed countries. The underinvestment in education and human capital can lead to stagnation in per capita incomes. This happened in Mexico. The inability to deal with bad loans in the banking system can lead to slowing economic growth. This happened in Japan. The bulldozing of schools of migrant workers reflects a failure to address balanced growth and a breakdown in assigning the right priorities.
Grouped Articles
Mexico and China look to trade away old rivalry - The Washington Post
Washington Post 04/18/2013
China's 'Shadow Banks' Fan Debt-Bubble Fears
Wall Street Journal 06/24/2013
China's Silver Linings Playbook
Wall Street Journal 06/24/2013
U.S. Stocks Shrug at China's Woes
Wall Street Journal 07/10/2013
The Slowing of Two Economic Giants
New York Times 07/14/2013
Unrest May Signal New Phase in China Economy
New York Times 05/29/2010
China and lack of jobs in 2010-2013 for the growing number of college graduates
09/01/2010
The increase of college graduates each year from 800,000 to 6 million has created a class that is worse off in employment opportunities than workers in China's factories.
Grouped Articles
A Dearth of Work for China's College Grads
BusinessWeek 09/01/2010
China's Workers in No Need of Stimulation
Wall Street Journal 06/04/2012
Wall Street Journal 03/05/2014
China's Army of Graduates Faces Struggle
New York Times 12/11/2010
BusinessWeek 01/27/2011
New York Times 01/28/2012
We took a different way to help millions around the world build educated informed mindsets that affects and shapes their lives. For a future that is open, global and digital, with everyone having access to high quality information. We believe in the renewal of America, renewal of Europe, the renewal of India, the rest of Asia, Latin America and Africa. The renewal of our supply chains, health, education, infrastructure, as we rebuild our countries after the pandemic. Literacy and knowledge we believe cannot thrive and grow in a world of web bots, web crawlers, or AI. This requires human curiosity, human learning, and human imagination. We take as inspiration the saying- “One has to be free, and as broad as sky. One has to have a mind that is crystal clear, only then can truth shine in it.” Every contribution whether big or small is precious- in this crisis and ahead.
Support Lyrarc from as small as $1
Terms and Conditions | Copyright Policy | Privacy Policy | Contact Us